Greg Abbott
Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas, Friday, May 4, 2018.
  • Authorities are searching for the shooter who killed 5 people in a Cleveland, Texas, home on Friday.
  • Gov. Greg Abbott announced a reward for information and offered condolences to the victims.
  • But the governor is getting criticized for identifying the victims as "illegal immigrants."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is getting criticized for identifying the victims of a Friday mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas, as "illegal immigrants" in the same statement in which he offered condolences to their loved ones.